System and Method for Optimizing Sports Performance and an Improved Means for Coaching Children in Recreational Sports

Abstract

Method and a system for providing a skill training and reward program is provided. The method comprises steps for registering a player for particular sport or skill, associating a coach or other sponsor with that user, permitting the creation of one or more challenges that are intended to improve the skill, importing information regarding the user's completion of the challenge, enabling a coach or other user to confirm completion of the challenge and initiate a badge or reward for appropriate completion. The system includes a database for storing information, a challenge software module for enabling the assignment or configuration of a challenge, a data import module for receiving and storing data associated with at least one selected challenge and a software awards module for triggering an award (if any) associated with completing the challenge. The software award module is configured to issue both virtual awards (such as badges) or to transmit an application programming interface call to an online store or vendor for issuing a physical award.

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PRIORITY CLAIM[0001]This application claims priority from a provisional application filed on Nov. 12, 2013, having application Ser. No. 61 / 902,980.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]In the area of sport and recreation for children, it is often a challenge to keep them motivated to practice skills or otherwise engage educational content that would lead to improved outcomes. Many coaches use practice sessions to encourage skills development and encourage Players to practice them throughout the week. Unfortunately, it is rarely tracked or recorded and often parents are not aware of what skills are being learned or need work. Importantly, traditional requirements to have children practice on their own are not perceived as fun by children and thus children often do not pursue practice with the passion, creativity and personal ownership required to optimize skill development. What is needed, then, is an improved way to engage and encourage children that play in sports, such as soccer, to re...

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Benefits of technology

The present invention is a system that allows a coach to improve the performance of a sport skill of a user. It includes a database for storing information about the user and the coach, a registration page for the user to submit their information, a registration page for the coach to submit their information, a challenge configuration page for the coach to create challenges for the user, a challenge overview page for the user to select videos to upload, a challenge review page for the coach to review the videos, and a challenge completion page to display a badge for completing the challenge. Overall, this system helps the coach to create challenges for the user and provide feedback on their performance.

Problems solved by technology

When children are exposed to a new skill or asked by the coach of their team to practice or master a skill, they have to operate from memory and do not have the tools to better understand or recall the skill they are trying to master nor do they have a source of compelling motivation to propel them to practice more.

As noted above, children involved in recreation sports often do not have a systematic means to track their progress in the skills they are trying to develop nor do they have a systematic means to receive timely, direct feedback to what they are trying to master.

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